Source for balancing beads.

[John Schmidt]

I don't have quite enough left over for the new c/t I have coming, Loves truck stop is too far away although there may be others that carry them. I'm open to suggestions, ideas, etc.

[sixlow]

order tonight from Amazon and I bet they'd be on your door by tues eve, or meet me in Sanford Thursday night for 3 o.z. of the good stuff !!

[John Schmidt]

Went ahead and ordered a four bag kit(12oz. total) off Amazon, $25.96 w/free s&h, be here midweek. That should give me enough to last my bike riding years. 

[sixlow]

  and they are reusable.

[John Schmidt]

and they are reusable.

Sure are, the beads in my new front tire mounted last January are mostly from the old tire and some left over from an old rear. Guess I'll have to keep riding 'til I'm 105.....which is how old one of my granddaughters thought I was a couple months back. I know I look bad but geez.....   

She's only four....from the mouths of babes!!

[IamGCW]

Try NAPA if you are in a hurry.

http://www.napaonline.com/napa/en/search/?text=balance+beads

[John Schmidt]

Found some at O'Reilly's, 10 oz. for $18.99+ tax. The beads I had ordered off Amazon won't be here until Tuesday, over a week in transit. That's not good enough service in my view. So, one of the things I want to get done tomorrow is mount the Valk's rear wheel. Been doing a lot of cleaning/polishing, it won't look that good for another 12k miles. I have a set of chrome swingarm and final drive nut covers which I'm considering not putting back on. With the bags mounted you can hardly see them anyway. If I decide to put them on the market I'll let you all know.

Here's the new tire, Kuhmo Ecsta PA31, 195/60r16, V rated....couldn't get an H. The former tire was a 205 and I had no issues with it, the 195 tread is ~.39" narrower so doubt I'll notice any difference. I really like the shape of this one, hope the ride is as good as the looks.